Patents by Inventor Shiela Sogge

Shiela Sogge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8151208
    Abstract: A method and system for presenting workflow tracking information for approval workflows assigned to business objects is provided. The approval system receives from a user a request to display the workflow for a business object and a workflow that has been assigned to that business object. The current state of a workflow is defined by tracking information that may include a workflow approval status, an originator name of the business object, and multiple steps of the assigned workflow. Each step of a workflow may include a step name, a step approval status, approver tracking information, and optionally next steps. Each next step of the step is itself a step that may include additional next steps. The approval system may generate and display a tree-like representation of the current state of a workflow for a business object based on the tracking information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shiela Sogge, John Healy, Ryan Munson, Jeff Anderson
  • Publication number: 20090204897
    Abstract: A method and system for presenting workflow tracking information for approval workflows assigned to business objects is provided. The approval system receives from a user a request to display the workflow for a business object and a workflow that has been assigned to that business object. The current state of a workflow is defined by tracking information that may include a workflow approval status, an originator name of the business object, and multiple steps of the assigned workflow. Each step of a workflow may include a step name, a step approval status, approver tracking information, and optionally next steps. Each next step of the step is itself a step that may include additional next steps. The approval system may generate and display a tree-like representation of the current state of a workflow for a business object based on the tracking information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shiela Sogge, John Healy, Ryan Munson, Jeff Anderson